13 Songs a Day - Issue #003

Back again with some more songs that are memorable for various reasons...

Starting off is a band that is part 80s metal tribute band, part Spinal Tap-ish parody, and just some fun music. They took the oddness route that Bowling For Soup started and pushed it even further into comedy. This is Steel Panther and "Death to all but metal" at
#13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5tl2_K-d-g

Next up is a current song by rising stars Shinedown. From their latest album "Sound of Madness", this is the title track. It's rare nowadays that I like newer releases, but I love this song!
#12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYXE0-JsY4

Up to the eleventh slot is a song featured in the 1986 action/comedy "Running Scared". Former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald shares the spotlight in the video with stars of the film, Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines. This is "Sweet Freedom" at
#11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9EBtsN5U7U

Keeping the Christmas Theme alive, here is today's holiday pick. This is the 1983 comedic gem "Grandma got run over by a reindeer" sung by Dr. Elmo.
#10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaGQEskSKM

Climbing into the top ten, here is a song that repeats from an earlier list. It is hard not to think of this band every time I watch The Office and see Creed on the show. The Grass Roots, again, with "Let's live for today" at
#9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnFZsrs32Co

Longtime rock standouts Bad Company join the list today, but not with one of their old classics. Instead, the band is at number eight with 1990's "If you needed somebody"
#8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EXh2ZJ9VVY

At the halfway mark, now we get to the Boston quintet that dominated the 80s as a group, and the 90s as solo acts. This is New Edition, with 1988's "NE Heartbreak"
#7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5LyAN3HyKQ

Another repeating tune, this one has been on all 3 lists so far. Joe Jackson's "You can't get what you want(Til you know what you want)"
#6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo759np9-nM

We enter the top five with this underrated Canadian group. Red Rider never got enough acclaim here in the states, even when former frontman Tom Cochrane hit #1 in 1992 on his own with Life Is A Highway. This is the full band at their best, this is "Lunatic fringe"
#5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9852hq0W0

Squeeze jumps onto the list at the fourth spot, this is the quirky video to the quirky 1987 tune "Hourglass"
#4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UYIfdgNzU

The top three again, and another repeat song starts us off. Once again, here is Hall & Oates with "Possession obsession"
#3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAmgHGtOeJ0

Now we are near the top of todays' list, funk masters of the 70's and 80's, the Bar-Kays splash onto the list with "Freak show on the dance floor"
#2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r8aT2aVEMs

And now we reached the top. The band makes a return, but with a different song than before. Classic band Fleetwood Mac is back and on top of the list....with 1987's "Big love"
#1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl6GePRpVlA

And those are the songs for the day.

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